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WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy traded insults Wednesday, after his criticism of the Capitol Physician’s mask mandate in the House as COVID-19 cases began to soar again. McCarthy tweeted Tuesday night about the reinstated House mask mandate, saying it was a ploy by Democrats…

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy traded barbs Wednesday over the return of a mask mandate in the U.S. House and a number of Republicans protested the renewed rules on the floor. Pelosi called McCarthy a "moron." McCarthy said Pelosi was creating rules that aren't supported…

In a memo issued last night, Dr. Brian Monahan, Congress' top physician, concluded that lawmakers and their aides should return to wearing masks as a result of the spreading Delta variant. House leaders announced the new requirement soon after. Many Republicans did not respond to the news in an especially…

Tensions between the party leaders in the House rose to a boil on Wednesday when Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTim Ryan slams McCarthy for mocking Capitol physician, mask mandate McCarthy knocks Pelosi, mask mandate: 'This House has broken the country's trust' Senate votes to take up infrastructure deal MORE (D-Calif.) called…

Topline Tensions on both sides of the House boiled over Wednesday as nearly 20 Republican lawmakers defied the chamber’s newly reimposed mask mandate despite the risk of fines, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as a “moron” for his opposition to the rule. Speaker of…

July 27, 2021 | 10:15am | Updated July 27, 2021 | 12:20pm Republican House leaders on Tuesday accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of putting together a partisan committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots to press her narrative of events that day and to cover up her role in security lapses…

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Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she plans to name more Republicans, including Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), to a select committee set up to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to fill vacancies created by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s withdrawal of his own appointees on the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts. Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker’s office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the…

1.04am BST 01:04 Summary Dr Rochelle Walensky warned that the country is at a “pivotal” moment in fighting the spread of Covid-19. Walensky, speaking at a briefing on Thursday, said of the Delta variant is “is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and that I have…